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Bicycling Around the World

Photographer Michael Price was on a bike ride Tuesday night and spotted another bicyclist standing on the side of US-1 in North Palm Beach.

“He was looking somewhat lost,” Price said. “What caught my attention was he had a backpack on that was bigger than he was with an American flag attached and flying in the wind. I could tell he was looking for something. I knew he was on a journey.”

Not one to bypass a chance to help, Price stopped and asked if the man needed some assistance.

Turns out DaHao Guo, of Beijing, needed to fix the bike he’s been touring the world on since 1999.

That’s right….Eleven years and 8 passports later.

Guo asked Price if he knew of a place “to camp.” Price offered him dinner and a place to stay.

On Wednesday, Price put the bike in the back of his truck and brought Guo to Palm Beach.

Patrick Poupart, of Top Cycle on N. County Rd., had the needed bike part.

Guo stopped by Stephanie Bojokles’ Tropical Fruit Shop on Royal Poinciana Way to enjoy one of her famous “smoothies.”

“Isn’t that wild….” Bojokles said as she leafed through his passports naming the countries. “Argentina, Kuwait, Guatamala, Iran, Egypt, Colombia, Belize, Kazakhstan…..”

The list goes on and on.

Guo has seen 94 countries and collected 45 newspapers from around the world. The first newspaper he saved was from Iraq.

And he’s not finished yet.

He’ll head to Miami on Thursday and then it’s up the East Coast of the U.S. enroute to Canada. From there he’ll go to Ireland, England, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Korea.

An avid bicyclist, Price goes on a 300-400-mile ride each summer.

“I think that’s a big deal,” Price said. “Then I meet someone like DaHao and I realize what he’s doing is a big deal.”